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if romney wins, this is a moot issue. if obama wins, it is also a moot issue, because we have at the expiration of the bush tax cuts, the payroll tax, a tsunami of taxes and an increase in spending as well. that will be a minor issue. the reason john boehner raised it is to make it an issue, a rhetorical issue. it will only happen after election day, so it will not have any effect on the real world. >> colby? >> i agree that he is trying to make the deficit and issue. people look at the question of greece, saying we are heading in the direction of greece because of the spending and deficit overload. it is not because of those issues. the problems we are witnessing an greece, we are witnessing in the united states, the inability of leadership to address problems that are well known and right in front of them. the gridlock you see any greece is also up with what we have in the united states, and to try to put this on the face of all, is ludicrous. -- of obama is ludicrous. we know what is happening could the republicans wil
if romney wins, this is a moot issue. if obama wins, it is also a moot issue, because we have at the expiration of the bush tax cuts, the payroll tax, a tsunami of taxes and an increase in spending as well. that will be a minor issue. the reason john boehner raised it is to make it an issue, a rhetorical issue. it will only happen after election day, so it will not have any effect on the real world. >> colby? >> i agree that he is trying to make the deficit and issue. people look at...
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we know that. >> woodruff: what about the romney camp? what are they doing? >> they're doing a little bit more traditional. they're reaching out on facebook and twitter and on their mobile app they're geotargeting people meaning when you say you live in the district of columbia or you live in florida ther able to target the early voting to your city. >> the romney campaign working with google. what they do is you buy up popular search terms so that you have a way of serving up your ads to people who might be interested in politics. >> brown: so there's a way for all kinds of voters to interact if you live in a state where there's early voting. >> 72 states are allowing in person voting. >> brown: what about twitter? you were telling me there's a twitter presence here, too. >> there is a twitter presence and we're finding people on twitter-- and i think we might have said this before at some point-- they are very emotionally-- can get very emotionally involved and emotionally attached to the people they're communicating with on twit sore if there's something t
we know that. >> woodruff: what about the romney camp? what are they doing? >> they're doing a little bit more traditional. they're reaching out on facebook and twitter and on their mobile app they're geotargeting people meaning when you say you live in the district of columbia or you live in florida ther able to target the early voting to your city. >> the romney campaign working with google. what they do is you buy up popular search terms so that you have a way of serving up...
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how was romney damaged by this? >> in part, the way they characterized this first message by the embassy, there are others to read this differently. they issued that statement in hopes of avoiding a protest and alerting the egyptian people that they did not embrace this offensive movie. no matter what the initial intentions were of anyone, once an american or four americans were killed, now was the time to cut the politics out. obviously, republicans and democrats have different foreign-policy views. nothing wrong with that, percolate legitimate debate. when americans have been killed, americans pulled together. when it comes to public damage, that is where the real mistake was made. >> this piety did not exist in the iraq war. all of a sudden, this if an american dies, this is a story treated by the media. it did not work. >> it never worked. >> they never said it was an apology. they never said that word. >> it was a junior press officer at the embassy wanting to say something nice. >> i thought it was the senior
how was romney damaged by this? >> in part, the way they characterized this first message by the embassy, there are others to read this differently. they issued that statement in hopes of avoiding a protest and alerting the egyptian people that they did not embrace this offensive movie. no matter what the initial intentions were of anyone, once an american or four americans were killed, now was the time to cut the politics out. obviously, republicans and democrats have different...
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romney will win that. everyone is surprised that all of these polls are pretty much saying obama is in command of the lead. chuck talked about they lost august. one reading is that they lost the summer, the romney campaign. if you look at obama did, they did, at the start of this race was in may. that's when they started going out with tough ads and framing romney as someone who wasn't in touch with the middle class and the tax issue, him releasing his tax returns. he was always on the defensive and now he has a lot of ground to make up. gwen: is there an argument to be made that there is a policy shift going on in america's mind as well, not just a good speech or a good piece of positioning, but actually people are looking at their choices differently now? >> there are ways to think of this, not just through polling data but economic data and there is a surge of optimism. small business confidence is up. some financial market participant indexes are up. this would suggest that people are starting to feel
romney will win that. everyone is surprised that all of these polls are pretty much saying obama is in command of the lead. chuck talked about they lost august. one reading is that they lost the summer, the romney campaign. if you look at obama did, they did, at the start of this race was in may. that's when they started going out with tough ads and framing romney as someone who wasn't in touch with the middle class and the tax issue, him releasing his tax returns. he was always on the...
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turns out romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. gwen: it's not an accident that they're duking it out over this but what i'm curious about is whether it's really about abortion this argument, or whether it's really about getting women to pay attention and show up. >> both. i think for the -- certainly for the obama voters it's about, hey, there are real things at stake here. this is don't be blase' if you're a woman and you kind of liked president obama but you've grown disillusioned and you might not show up. you have to show up because the issues you care about are at play. gwen: obama has lost ground with women voters, right? >> he has. we don't know. some polls suggest he's lost quite a lot of ground. he won -- he beat john mccain among women by 13 points. he needs to do that well or better. he's not doing that well even if you look consistently at polls. the question here is, a, turnout. but also that word extreme. senator bennett won his senate race in colorado in 2010 by essentially taking his republican opponent and telling
turns out romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. gwen: it's not an accident that they're duking it out over this but what i'm curious about is whether it's really about abortion this argument, or whether it's really about getting women to pay attention and show up. >> both. i think for the -- certainly for the obama voters it's about, hey, there are real things at stake here. this is don't be blase' if you're a woman and you kind of liked president obama but you've grown...
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bad week for romney. his response to what happened was universally either ignored or panned. he got almost no backup from the republican establishment in his critique, saying that they were essentially apologizing for america. noke else really bought into that. it was also a difficult week for president obama because when events spiral out of your control and there is unrest and when people feel nervous thahas not good fon -- for an incumbent. gwen: except that then what we look for especially in foreign policy, which isn't very manageable, is who is the bebeer leader? who is more credible? mitt romney tried to make the argument that it's not president obama. what would mitt romney have done with this or any of the other sticky issues? has he laid out an approach we can look to and say this is the kind of president he would be in this situation? >> well, he has but it's been with as with much of the romney campaign at the level of generalities. so there's not a list of six things he would have done. he do
bad week for romney. his response to what happened was universally either ignored or panned. he got almost no backup from the republican establishment in his critique, saying that they were essentially apologizing for america. noke else really bought into that. it was also a difficult week for president obama because when events spiral out of your control and there is unrest and when people feel nervous thahas not good fon -- for an incumbent. gwen: except that then what we look for especially...
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i think romney erred to some extent. he was so competitive that he could never not have the last word. so he kind of jostled his way into the conversations or started reciting point that really weren't connected to some kind of larger argument. obama remembered that these debate, they're fundamentally not about-- they're not debates. they are leadership stages upon which the audience gets to judge somebody's basic credibility as a leader, their appeal as a person. so that's why i think debates are important. >> rose: it also plays, also puts their perception of the particular candidate was leading into the debate. if something happened stylistically and in terms of a kind of judgmental thing, it can change the perception if it's different from what they knew going in. >> i think that's right. i think that's one reason why denver was so dramatic. both candidates really played against type. i think in long island, they really played two types. that was a recognizable mitt romney for anybody who had watched the 20 republica
i think romney erred to some extent. he was so competitive that he could never not have the last word. so he kind of jostled his way into the conversations or started reciting point that really weren't connected to some kind of larger argument. obama remembered that these debate, they're fundamentally not about-- they're not debates. they are leadership stages upon which the audience gets to judge somebody's basic credibility as a leader, their appeal as a person. so that's why i think debates...
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romney made his case today in st. louis at the national rifle association convention. >> the truth is we're struggling because our government is too big, not because of our stimulus being too small. i'm running for president because i have the experience and vision to get us out of this mess. gwen: the president spent his week pushing for the buffett rule, which would raise taxes on the nation's well-yest, which is something he thought ronald reagan would have supported. >> he thought the wealthiest should pay their fair share and he said so what ronald reagan was calling for then is the same thing we're calling for now. a return to basic fairness and responsibility. gwen: it takes only a glance to see what each man is trying to accomplish. how is that playing out, dan? >> based on what we've seen so far this week, it's playing out at warp speed. we thought we might get a little bit of a break after the nomination ended but we're in a thrill -- critical period and both of the campaigns are reacting that way. governor
romney made his case today in st. louis at the national rifle association convention. >> the truth is we're struggling because our government is too big, not because of our stimulus being too small. i'm running for president because i have the experience and vision to get us out of this mess. gwen: the president spent his week pushing for the buffett rule, which would raise taxes on the nation's well-yest, which is something he thought ronald reagan would have supported. >> he...
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romney would be president. obviously, it would not be a great thing for the country if you had to split between the general election and the electoral college. it happened before, but it could definitely happen. you could have a lot of really close states. i think it is very possible. tavis: covering this every day, why do you think this race is so close? you keep be -- we keep being told that the contrast could not be more stark between the two. why is the race is tight? >> this is an extremely polarized country. a whole group of people very far to the right and a whole group of people are democratic. i think you will have a race split by a couple of points. people are really angry. the tea party on the right and the people on the left have made this a very angry, intense election. we have been having a very divided elections for the past two or three cycles. i do not see that changing any time soon. the country is becoming more polarized. tavis: if president obama were to win in the tightest of tight races, w
romney would be president. obviously, it would not be a great thing for the country if you had to split between the general election and the electoral college. it happened before, but it could definitely happen. you could have a lot of really close states. i think it is very possible. tavis: covering this every day, why do you think this race is so close? you keep be -- we keep being told that the contrast could not be more stark between the two. why is the race is tight? >> this is an...
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gwen: romney and santorum square off. who has more to love in this expensive race? plus the slaughter in syria and the upheaval in afghanistan tonight on "washington week." >> while i was fighting to save the olympics you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. gwen: mitt romney punches back. >> who do you trust? who is authentic? who is believable? gwen: and it's a two-man race again this time with high stakes in romney's native state of michigan as both sides and even president obama spend like it's going out be style the >> fiscal coiffes? really? how can mitt romney beat broke where on the vital decisions player -- they're not much different. >> man who helped save my daughter was mitt romney. >> every reno candidate every republican candidate turned their barks said let detroit go bankrupt. not him. gwen: and abroad, the brutal crack boun in syria continues. what can the international community do? >> we will be discussing a range of options from tightening sanctions to increasing humanitarian relief to helping the opposition. gwen: and afghans express fur
gwen: romney and santorum square off. who has more to love in this expensive race? plus the slaughter in syria and the upheaval in afghanistan tonight on "washington week." >> while i was fighting to save the olympics you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. gwen: mitt romney punches back. >> who do you trust? who is authentic? who is believable? gwen: and it's a two-man race again this time with high stakes in romney's native state of michigan as both sides and...
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gwen: that compares how to mitt romney? >> mitt romney has been also pretty active on the fund raising circuit as well. one thing that is different is that barack obama campaign says we are absolutely sure that we are going to be outspent this time. in part primarily, i think, because the republicans have such an advantage on the super pac side, those supposedly independent, unlimited pacs that are out there essentially to run negative adds. and we saw this week that sheldon attleson, las vegas casino magnet, who instrumental to keeping newt gingrich on life support said he will throw $10 million on the pile for mitt romney. >> he had been giving a speech on the economy to try to set the agenda and then today with surprise announcement on immigration, can he keep his message clearer to people or is he stepping all over it? >> i think these are two different things. i think this is an effort to box mitt romney in with a constituency that really matters in about two-thirds of those dozen or states that are up for grabs this t
gwen: that compares how to mitt romney? >> mitt romney has been also pretty active on the fund raising circuit as well. one thing that is different is that barack obama campaign says we are absolutely sure that we are going to be outspent this time. in part primarily, i think, because the republicans have such an advantage on the super pac side, those supposedly independent, unlimited pacs that are out there essentially to run negative adds. and we saw this week that sheldon attleson, las...
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in colorado in 2008, mitt romney defeated john mccain by 60-18. this time around and he loses to rick santorum. he lost to santorum in missouri by 30 points, and what is important is that that is the one at a state where gingrich wasn't on the ballot. it was the one shot at santorum had to go one-on-one, and he crushed romney. it tells you how resistant the republican electorate is to romney as the nominee, and it also tells you that of all possible alternatives, cain, rick perry, newt gingrich, and others, the only one who is plausible and remains is santorum. i think he is a threat. >> i heard howard fineman said on msnbc that mitt romney is like a giant hairball -- [laughter] that republicans caught up. >> i like your choice of objective sources. >> but do you disagree? >> "hairball" has a pejorative connotation. >> it is it only slightly worse than what came out of "the wall street journal" talking about the same mitt romney. they suggested ishis problem is that conservatives want by him. >> he cannot close the deal. >> it is not just that he
in colorado in 2008, mitt romney defeated john mccain by 60-18. this time around and he loses to rick santorum. he lost to santorum in missouri by 30 points, and what is important is that that is the one at a state where gingrich wasn't on the ballot. it was the one shot at santorum had to go one-on-one, and he crushed romney. it tells you how resistant the republican electorate is to romney as the nominee, and it also tells you that of all possible alternatives, cain, rick perry, newt...
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it is going to be a big day for romney and santorum. romney has to show that he can address a conservative audience and rouse them. santorum has a way to say he is a player at the top level. i think he is not going to have -- what is most important is what is going to happen in the primaries at the end this month, which will be michigan and arizona. if michigan falls to santorum, that could really doom the romney race. >> president obama is now on the super pac bandwagon. i guess he cannot afford not to. jay carney has said that this administration has sent more than any in history to prevent the lobbying of government by interest . >> they took a good look at florida and what mitt romney was able to do with money against newt gingrich, and it concentrates the mind wonderfully. they realize that we are going to need money to survive the onslaught from the conservatives. >> citizens united. >> one at the statistics that comes out at you, when you think of the money spent by these setbacks, 97% of the ads are negative. it is a torrent of
it is going to be a big day for romney and santorum. romney has to show that he can address a conservative audience and rouse them. santorum has a way to say he is a player at the top level. i think he is not going to have -- what is most important is what is going to happen in the primaries at the end this month, which will be michigan and arizona. if michigan falls to santorum, that could really doom the romney race. >> president obama is now on the super pac bandwagon. i guess he...
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both barack obama and mitt romney were quick to seize on the numbers. here is our north america editor. >> snow in downtown denver slow down the rush hour, that millions of americans have no need form morning haste -- no need for morning haze. how to create more jobs has been central for this election. unemployment rose after barack obama became president, peaking at just over 10%. today's figure is the first time it has been under 8% for 44 months. >> this morning, we found out that the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since i took office. [applause] >> the good news comes at the end of a bad week for the president where he was widely derided for a lackluster debate performance. now some feel he is back. >> we have made to much progress to return to the policies that led to the crisis in the first place. i cannot allow that to happen. i will not allow that to happen. that is why i am running for a second term as president of the united states. >> blaming unemployment on the president has been central to the case of republicans. >> under
both barack obama and mitt romney were quick to seize on the numbers. here is our north america editor. >> snow in downtown denver slow down the rush hour, that millions of americans have no need form morning haste -- no need for morning haze. how to create more jobs has been central for this election. unemployment rose after barack obama became president, peaking at just over 10%. today's figure is the first time it has been under 8% for 44 months. >> this morning, we found out...
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but his campaign was determined to make it a choice between him and mitt romney. and what was really remarkable is by time election day rolled around, the election had almost become a referendum on mitt romney. gwen: yeah, funny how they turned that around. after it was all over, a lot of the things we didn't believe during the campaign, the obama people said oh, we figured this out. we know who our voters are. we know where to spend the money. we thought they were boasting. and it turns out they were right. >> the one thing, really, i think defied everybody's expectations is what the obama campaign said they were going to do, was that they were going to turn out an electorate in 2012 that looked very much like the electorate in 2008, that they were going to get huge numbers of african americans and young people. that they were going to mobilize the hispanic vote. a lot of republicans couldn't believe these polling numbers. there were so much talk of skewed polls. after the election the romney campaign said they just couldn't believe that the obama operation was c
but his campaign was determined to make it a choice between him and mitt romney. and what was really remarkable is by time election day rolled around, the election had almost become a referendum on mitt romney. gwen: yeah, funny how they turned that around. after it was all over, a lot of the things we didn't believe during the campaign, the obama people said oh, we figured this out. we know who our voters are. we know where to spend the money. we thought they were boasting. and it turns out...
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we saw the tape of mitt romney confessing his conservatism. there is a lot of tape of him pulling away from his conservatism when he was running against ted kennedy in massachusetts. we have these two conflicting romneys out there that's a very different things. >> if he goes too far to the right, he risks losing the support of independent voters and risks the general election. >> he is a perfect general election candidate in many ways because he is perceived to be moderate, the problem is that he is having a hard time getting to the primaries. the interesting silver lining is that we look at his margins in the states he has won in new hampshire, florida. those are battleground states. it goes back to my argument that he is a wonderful general election candidate, his problem is that he cannot get out of the gate with conservatives. >> there is the controversy over birth control. president obama today was forced to compromise over plans to make employers provide free birth control for women, regardless of the employers faith. is this a white ho
we saw the tape of mitt romney confessing his conservatism. there is a lot of tape of him pulling away from his conservatism when he was running against ted kennedy in massachusetts. we have these two conflicting romneys out there that's a very different things. >> if he goes too far to the right, he risks losing the support of independent voters and risks the general election. >> he is a perfect general election candidate in many ways because he is perceived to be moderate, the...
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suddenly, mitt romney appeared to be comfortable talking about his wealth. after all those clunky moments and all those things which sort of jargon, summit seemed to have whispered in his ear, "it is ok to talk about how well the you are. get to work." them and staying with the theme, this primaries are costing a fortune. the super pac's with money coming out of their ears, it seems. is it going to be an indicator of how much money will be spent in the actual election? then the europeans, i think, have always found this a slightly unseemly spectacle. it doesn't 5, the british election from start to finish, all costs came to about $130 million. newt gingrich and mitt romney and their supporters in florida alone in the past couple of weeks have spent something in the region of $20 million. i mean, it is a staggering comparison. i did not think people unnecessarily aware outside the u.s. is the impact of the citizens united ruling by the supreme court, but there is an understanding that money in america buys power, and clearly, there is a certain amount of evid
suddenly, mitt romney appeared to be comfortable talking about his wealth. after all those clunky moments and all those things which sort of jargon, summit seemed to have whispered in his ear, "it is ok to talk about how well the you are. get to work." them and staying with the theme, this primaries are costing a fortune. the super pac's with money coming out of their ears, it seems. is it going to be an indicator of how much money will be spent in the actual election? then the...
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how could women be for romney? person hood? he doesn't know if he would sign lilly led better. >> .. paycheck fairness. binders. i mean, how could women vote for romney? >> rose: thank you for coming pleasure to see you. see you next time.i/w captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> rose: funding for charlie rose has been provided by the coca-cola company, supporting this program since 2002. and american express. additional funding provided by these funders. and by bloomberg, a provider of multiple media news and information services worldw [dramatic music]
how could women be for romney? person hood? he doesn't know if he would sign lilly led better. >> .. paycheck fairness. binders. i mean, how could women vote for romney? >> rose: thank you for coming pleasure to see you. see you next time.i/w captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> rose: funding for charlie rose has been provided by the coca-cola company, supporting this program since 2002. and american express....
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mitt romney is trying to sell you a sketchy deal. we are not buying it. >> ohio has benefited from billions of dollars in bailouts for the auto industry. it has won mr. obama a lot of support. >> that affects one in 8 jobs in ohio. i don't think that you can be from ohio and talk about jobs without recognizing that. >> i think that we have some momentum. this will be like a square rather than a wheel. away from the liberal college campuses, they're not so convinced. in a way, the state represents what this election is really all about. it is a philosophical, almost moldavite between those who believe that government money has helped ohio and those who think it just as fervently that the government only gets in a way of the natural entrepreneurial spirit. mitt romney is campaigning hard here. >> it is freedom that drives america. >> introducing him at a rally was this woman. >> i am not a politician, i'm a businesswoman. >> our business is baskets. >> this is a vision of my father who was a classic american entrepreneur. he believed t
mitt romney is trying to sell you a sketchy deal. we are not buying it. >> ohio has benefited from billions of dollars in bailouts for the auto industry. it has won mr. obama a lot of support. >> that affects one in 8 jobs in ohio. i don't think that you can be from ohio and talk about jobs without recognizing that. >> i think that we have some momentum. this will be like a square rather than a wheel. away from the liberal college campuses, they're not so convinced. in a way,...
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for all voters to know what is at stake in the election and as i say these mythologies that governor romney is protecting medicare, false, that he is a champion for women, false, that his tax plan is usto to create 12 million jobsa the same tax agenda of president bush which in fact took us into the ditch we are still digging ourselves out of. >> nancy pelosi for the hour. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. >> rose: additional funding provided by these funders. >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communicationsÑi from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: nancy pelosi is here, she is the minority leader of the house of representatives, she has served in congress for over 25 years, in 2007 became the first female speaker of the house, her commitment toçó democratic politics has made her one of the party's assets as november election approaches, democrats are hopeful they can take back control of the house, i am pleased to have her here back at the table. welcome. >>
for all voters to know what is at stake in the election and as i say these mythologies that governor romney is protecting medicare, false, that he is a champion for women, false, that his tax plan is usto to create 12 million jobsa the same tax agenda of president bush which in fact took us into the ditch we are still digging ourselves out of. >> nancy pelosi for the hour. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. >> rose: additional funding provided by these funders....
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is a liar, not mitt romney is a phony, not mitt romney is a flip flopper but mitt romney is a right wing extremist that's wha what they e been saying and been on that consistently and what happened in denver was mitt romney threw a monkey wrench into that plan and what w what we have seen ine last week is obama campaign scram blink around trying to recalibrate and they have had the message they have gotten to now is they are trying to simultaneously and this is what you saw biden do all might tonight simultaneously say, romney is a liar, can't be trusted, isn't telling the truth, can't be trusted and also let me remind you he said, he and paul ryan are right wing extremists at the same time so their message now is complicated, and it has posed the kind of strategic conundrum that i still don't think -- they are trying to do kind of a high brild of, hybrid, and flip flop, liar, liar and right wing radical and haven't quite found the right pitch for that yet and that's where joe biden is groping for and one of the things this debate showed me at least is that is what they are going to
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head, romney was a different guy after the libya stumble and again, the romney folks believe th the fact checkers will tank their side but mitt romney couldn't make the argument. it is sort of the same issue president obama had in that first debate. but i thought that one of the big misses for mitt romney we are not talking about now and that we would have been talking about if not for the libya moment was what i thought was a miss on the bush question, right? he gets the question that i think is this sort of lingering question out there with some swing voters, particularly say in the upper midwest, the ohio, iowa, portion of this -- of these battleground states and yet it was, hey, i am going to be tougher on china, i am going to be more free trade, he didn't seem to have a solid answer of what makes me different than bush and then the president in there clearly was ready with his talking points. i will tell yo tell you how he s different from bush, hits him on medicare and on immigration. so it was almost a reverse of here you have the president with a plan and he executed it toni
head, romney was a different guy after the libya stumble and again, the romney folks believe th the fact checkers will tank their side but mitt romney couldn't make the argument. it is sort of the same issue president obama had in that first debate. but i thought that one of the big misses for mitt romney we are not talking about now and that we would have been talking about if not for the libya moment was what i thought was a miss on the bush question, right? he gets the question that i think...
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so romney was defending his own position. meanwhile republicans are out there calling it a tax and they say to romney you can't take this position. you got to go with us on this. so a couple days later romney switches. sow gets stuck with the flip-flop. he looks like he is caving to pressure from congressional republicans and the right wing of the party and it looks like the campaign is not competent. because you would have thought t was known for a long time that the supreme court was coming down with a decision. there were a lot of different possibilities. would you have thought they would have worked this out in advance. i think it was a loser a crossing the board for him. >> which is why he should announce a plan. so it's less about talking about the past, the massachusetts pretzel he's stuck in and mostly talking about here's my opposite, here is obama's option, you decide. >> woodruff: how much is he hurt if at all, david, by that little kerfluffle. >> nothing. >> woodruff: penalty, tax, penalty. >> ebb and flow of the
so romney was defending his own position. meanwhile republicans are out there calling it a tax and they say to romney you can't take this position. you got to go with us on this. so a couple days later romney switches. sow gets stuck with the flip-flop. he looks like he is caving to pressure from congressional republicans and the right wing of the party and it looks like the campaign is not competent. because you would have thought t was known for a long time that the supreme court was coming...
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imitt romney has put the attack at the heart of his argument that president obama does not stand for america. -- stand up for america. >> as the administration has finally conceded, these attacks were the deliver it work of terrorists. >> the committee -- for the deliberate -- these attacks were the deliberate work of terrorists. >> we have hundreds of terrorist-type activities. our consulate is bombed twice. the british ambassador has an assassination attempt. you are arguing about whether the number was five or two or five or three. >> democrats say the cuts backed by republicans are the problem. some say the whole situation is out of control. >> we all know the game. we want to stop the attacks on our embassies? let's stop trying to overthrow governments. >> one person said that another six agents would not have made a difference. this is about the state department looking complacent. >> for more on the hearings and what happened in benghazi, i am joined by p.j. crowley. thank you for coming in. whatever your former employers say, there was a security problem in benghazi, wasn't t
imitt romney has put the attack at the heart of his argument that president obama does not stand for america. -- stand up for america. >> as the administration has finally conceded, these attacks were the deliver it work of terrorists. >> the committee -- for the deliberate -- these attacks were the deliberate work of terrorists. >> we have hundreds of terrorist-type activities. our consulate is bombed twice. the british ambassador has an assassination attempt. you are arguing...
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so from romney i would say, i would like to know that. i would also like to know specifically how he would pursue a different foreign policy from obama. he has criticize odd bama's foreign policy a lot without saying here is what i would do differently on iran, on afghanistan, on china. >> from obama -- >> on russia, but it is another example of how he said obama is wrong without saying-- . >> rose: and what specifics from the president. >> from obama what i would like to hear is he has these sets of priorities that we know he believes in pretty strongly. we know he wants to reform immigration. we know he wants to do something on cap and trade. we know that he views it as important if he had a second term to try to bring down the deficit. and what he hasn't done is sketched out, either politically how we go about that, because he has plenty of white papers on what he would like to do on immigration and cap and trade. but he's never said hey, i really care about this stuff and here's how i'm going to accomplish it. >> rose: david, thank yo
so from romney i would say, i would like to know that. i would also like to know specifically how he would pursue a different foreign policy from obama. he has criticize odd bama's foreign policy a lot without saying here is what i would do differently on iran, on afghanistan, on china. >> from obama -- >> on russia, but it is another example of how he said obama is wrong without saying-- . >> rose: and what specifics from the president. >> from obama what i would like...
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>> corporations are people. >> i like being able to fire people that provide services to me. >> the romney campaign is at a big disadvantage in its early days. i think you will see thousands and thousands of volunteers and millions and millions of dollars coming into the romney campaign. >> it was in that park that obama accepted the presidency in front of the crowd. now he is pumping back some of that energy into voters to rekindle enough of the mag toik win a second term. >> america and france, this is a very important presidential election year. now a look at some of the days other news. the former icelandic prime minister has been found guilty of one of four charges he faced over the collapse of the bank. he was accused of failing to control iceland's financial sector. its three main banks collapsed during a single week that had debts dwarfing the national economy. barack obama announced a new sanctions plan for iran and syria using technology to target citizens online. he made the announcement during the first visit as president. when south sudan became the world's newest state it was
>> corporations are people. >> i like being able to fire people that provide services to me. >> the romney campaign is at a big disadvantage in its early days. i think you will see thousands and thousands of volunteers and millions and millions of dollars coming into the romney campaign. >> it was in that park that obama accepted the presidency in front of the crowd. now he is pumping back some of that energy into voters to rekindle enough of the mag toik win a second...
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or romney administration use force? we really don't have the answer to that question. we still don't have the answer to that question. what is -- i thought it was for the first time we did hear, because i have asked romney this question about mubarek and by the way the number rec decision is one of the most consequential decision this is president made and it is going to be a historically a consequential decision, especially if a united states president is ever faced with this in a saudi arabia, frifns, an, for instance, and for the first time when romney hugged him on that i went, wow, because rom at this has come this close to saying i wouldn't have done that, he threw our ally under the bus, right? that has been a talking point of romney and boy not only did he backtrack from that he said you know i would have done the same thing as the president and that one floored me. >> so, charlie, one thing about the horses and bayonets line i think al is exactly right, there was substance to the barb, but you know we should ju
or romney administration use force? we really don't have the answer to that question. we still don't have the answer to that question. what is -- i thought it was for the first time we did hear, because i have asked romney this question about mubarek and by the way the number rec decision is one of the most consequential decision this is president made and it is going to be a historically a consequential decision, especially if a united states president is ever faced with this in a saudi...
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>> -- romney camp. so we didn't hear much from the sort of john bolton wing, the more neo-conservative group. we heard much more from the mainstream group. and then there are also a group of realists who have sort of -- you know, old foreign policy realists who have come in -- also been brought into the tent. we haven't heard as much from them. >> rose: who would that be. the transition from the national security group is being run by bob zell leg who used to be the president of the world bank. >> rose: and deputy secretary of state. >> and deputy secretary of state prior to that. he and mr. bolton frequently clashed. not surprisingly mr. bolton clashed with many others in the second term of the bush administration and the second term was very different from the first term of the bush administration. so what you're seeing happen in the romney campaign is that many of the old conflicts left unresolved as everybody left the white house on january 20, 2009 are being rekindled within the campaign. i'm not s
>> -- romney camp. so we didn't hear much from the sort of john bolton wing, the more neo-conservative group. we heard much more from the mainstream group. and then there are also a group of realists who have sort of -- you know, old foreign policy realists who have come in -- also been brought into the tent. we haven't heard as much from them. >> rose: who would that be. the transition from the national security group is being run by bob zell leg who used to be the president of the...
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many leading evangelicals have promised to put aside theological differences with mitt romney, who is mormon, in order to concentrate on public policy. in washington, thousands of religious conservatives gathered for the annual values voter summit. a parade of top republicans addressed the crowd. one of the keynote speakers was gop vice-presidential candidate paul ryan. >> for most of us, it was settled long ago that our rights come from nature and nature's god, not from government. >>> also in washington this week, a group of prominent christian leaders called the circle of protection urged president obama and governor romney to make the nation's poor a top priority. the leaders spoke the same day the census bureau released new figures showing the poverty rate remained at a record high last year, 15%. that translates to the highest number since the government began keeping track. >> there's still over 46 million americans living in poverty, in our country. and this is a scandal. it's a moral failure and we have to respond. at wednesday's press conference, the group also released excl
many leading evangelicals have promised to put aside theological differences with mitt romney, who is mormon, in order to concentrate on public policy. in washington, thousands of religious conservatives gathered for the annual values voter summit. a parade of top republicans addressed the crowd. one of the keynote speakers was gop vice-presidential candidate paul ryan. >> for most of us, it was settled long ago that our rights come from nature and nature's god, not from government....
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what about the romney folks? >> i think what they wanted to do was build on the momentum they were getting out of that first debate. not to lose any of that energy. i think that governor romney just sort of was there to parry back every point. they disputed every point. the energy answer, where one was up, and up was up and down was down, and they were throwing out statistics so fast. i think both camps came away thinking their own supporters are energized and excited. but i don't know who's minds would be changed by last night's debate. >> woodruff: julie, what about this focus on women voters? what is it -- again, you're dealing with the obama campaign for the most part. what is it that they feel they need to say that they haven't been saying already to women's voters. >> you here from democrats who are close to this concern, that there was some concern after the first debate that governor romney presented a softer tone, a bit more moderate tone, and perhaps appealed to undecided women. that is a big concern fo
what about the romney folks? >> i think what they wanted to do was build on the momentum they were getting out of that first debate. not to lose any of that energy. i think that governor romney just sort of was there to parry back every point. they disputed every point. the energy answer, where one was up, and up was up and down was down, and they were throwing out statistics so fast. i think both camps came away thinking their own supporters are energized and excited. but i don't know...
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the charge is that romney and romney's folks have gone to a twitter agency, paid money and bought people to follow him. so tak a look here at our graphic that we've got together here. these are twitter followers romney had on july 20. by july 23 in the morning he had 819,000 followers. so he started at 673,000 and jumped in the period of a day and a half to 819,000. >> let me jump in to say i talked to romney's digital guru who flatly denies the campaign had any involvement in trying to buy followers but he says anyone can buy followers and send them someone else. there are companies that do this for a fee where they will vacuum up fake accounts with funny names and use it to pad your total and it looks like you're popular. >> warner: so even the fact that obama has far more followers than romney, for all we know some of those are bought? >> of course. they could be bought. but the real thing about twitter to keep in mind is that what's important is engagement. so the way that they can gain votes and popularity is by average americans interacting with the president, sending him notes or
the charge is that romney and romney's folks have gone to a twitter agency, paid money and bought people to follow him. so tak a look here at our graphic that we've got together here. these are twitter followers romney had on july 20. by july 23 in the morning he had 819,000 followers. so he started at 673,000 and jumped in the period of a day and a half to 819,000. >> let me jump in to say i talked to romney's digital guru who flatly denies the campaign had any involvement in trying to...
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governor romney sounded similar themes that former president bill clinton. he urged a re-examination of temporary foreign aid. >> we can employ people for a time, but can't sustain the economy for a long term. it can't pull the whole cart, because at some point the money runs out. an assistance program that helps unleash free enterprise can create enduring prosperity. >> the calls at the u.n. for outlawing offensive speech produces strong defenses of such speech not only by president obama but also from leaders in the american muslim community. i want to explore that with kim lawton managing editor of the program and the director of the muslim office of the public affairs council. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> how are you american muslims trying it to persuade other muslims around the world that putting any kind of limit on free speech is dangerous? >> well, i think the first way we're trying to convince fellow m muslims of this is the fact that the idea of free speech is a foundational part of the koran itself. we don't only believe in terms of amer
governor romney sounded similar themes that former president bill clinton. he urged a re-examination of temporary foreign aid. >> we can employ people for a time, but can't sustain the economy for a long term. it can't pull the whole cart, because at some point the money runs out. an assistance program that helps unleash free enterprise can create enduring prosperity. >> the calls at the u.n. for outlawing offensive speech produces strong defenses of such speech not only by...
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we've moved from romney's pious balogne to romney's desperate balogne. >> woodruff: romney also attacked gingrich's consulting work for the mortgage giant freddie mac. >> while florida families lost everything in the housing crisis, newt gingrich cashed in. gingrich was paid over $1.6 million by the scandal-ridden agency that helped create the crisis. >> woodruff: in romney's financial disclosure forms show he too profited from freddie mac through his investments. still romney insisted that gingrich also release all documents from a congressional ethics investigation he faced in the '90s. >> in the case of the speaker, he's got some records which would represent an october surprise. we could see an october surprise today from newt gingrich. >> woodruff: earlier on abc gingrich said he found romney's document demand ironic. >> here's somebody who has released none of his business records, who has decided to make a stand on transparency without being transparent. i did no lobbying, period. he keeps using the word lobbyist because i'm sure his consultants tell him it scores well. it's not t
we've moved from romney's pious balogne to romney's desperate balogne. >> woodruff: romney also attacked gingrich's consulting work for the mortgage giant freddie mac. >> while florida families lost everything in the housing crisis, newt gingrich cashed in. gingrich was paid over $1.6 million by the scandal-ridden agency that helped create the crisis. >> woodruff: in romney's financial disclosure forms show he too profited from freddie mac through his investments. still romney...
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the obama people are talking about what a good debater governor romney is, but the romney people are talking about a good debater governor romney is. that is because they need to reassure their supporters that this race isn't over. it's still close. he can turn it around and the debates will be an opportunity to do this. >> woodruff: this is a different period of expectation setting, stu, than what we normally see. >> a little bit. i think susan is exactly right. i saw robert gibbs on television a couple days ago. he was talking about mitt romney has debated so much times and the president hasn't debated in four years. i think they are trying to lower expectations but you don't hear that same thing from the romney camp. some of this is a need, a desire, to create some momentum on the part of the challenger when there is, you know, so much finger pointing mostly by conservatives and republicans complaining about the romney campaign. >> woodruff: and there's been a fair amount of that. stu, what about in terms of setting the table for substance in are there things the candidates are ta
the obama people are talking about what a good debater governor romney is, but the romney people are talking about a good debater governor romney is. that is because they need to reassure their supporters that this race isn't over. it's still close. he can turn it around and the debates will be an opportunity to do this. >> woodruff: this is a different period of expectation setting, stu, than what we normally see. >> a little bit. i think susan is exactly right. i saw robert gibbs...
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but that's the long-standing narrative romney has had. so he had an opportunity here to kind of plug back into that narrative. and when he says the word "apology" at a rally with republicans, the whole place lights up. >> rose: because they have context with it, they know he used it before as a charge against the obama administration. >> that's right. there is a largest contest which is that american foreign policy should never apologize. that america leads through strengthment you hear that all the time through governor romney. so this is a global argument between whether you do it through soft power and diplomacy or a more kind of forward-leaning to use a cliche approach that is a bit strong their romney advocates for. >> rose: but at the same time some republicans within his own party and some people who write about politics but are considered to be favorable to some of the things that governor romney believes in, are pushing back and saying this is not the place to do what he's doing. >> pushing back very hard. and it's a question of
but that's the long-standing narrative romney has had. so he had an opportunity here to kind of plug back into that narrative. and when he says the word "apology" at a rally with republicans, the whole place lights up. >> rose: because they have context with it, they know he used it before as a charge against the obama administration. >> that's right. there is a largest contest which is that american foreign policy should never apologize. that america leads through...
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-- "together with romney"- - event, headlined by romney's youngest son, craig, who's been hitting big hispanic markets to speak on his father's behalf in two languages. gary segura, a pollster and political science professor at stanford university, says the spanish-language outreach demonstrates cultural recognition. >> the idea that a candidate would address you in your native language, or if not your native language, the native language of your parents, conveys a level of respect. it's part of symbolic politics. it doesn't have any meaning or any policy meaning per se, but in the minds of the voters, it conveys a sensitivity, an interest in, a willingness to listen to the concerns of the population. >> suarez: but for all their attention to getting the word out in spanish, the campaigns are leaving out a large and obvious constituency, segura says. >> the missed opportunity for both political parties are english-dominant hispanics. english-dominant latinos say they also would kind of like to hear something about latino concerns in the language that they primarily process information
-- "together with romney"- - event, headlined by romney's youngest son, craig, who's been hitting big hispanic markets to speak on his father's behalf in two languages. gary segura, a pollster and political science professor at stanford university, says the spanish-language outreach demonstrates cultural recognition. >> the idea that a candidate would address you in your native language, or if not your native language, the native language of your parents, conveys a level of...
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romney commented (did not romney did not comment on his taxes at a stop in las vegas late today. his campaign also posted online a letter from accountants saying he paid an average effective federal tax rate of 20% over a 20-year period ending in 2009. to take from some and give to others this redistribution idea this redistribution idea has been tried in other places. this is not a new idea. it's just never worked in other places. >> woodruff: president obama has criticized romney for refusing to release more than two years of returns. and appearing via satellite before a conference of the american association of retired persons this morning, mr. obama brought up romney's secretly recorded remarks about americans who don't pay income taxes, some of whom are elderly people on social security. >> given the conversations that have been out there in the political arena lately, i want to emphasize that medicare and social security are not handouts. you've paid into these programs your whole life. ( applause ) you've earned them. and as president, it's my job to make sure that medicar
romney commented (did not romney did not comment on his taxes at a stop in las vegas late today. his campaign also posted online a letter from accountants saying he paid an average effective federal tax rate of 20% over a 20-year period ending in 2009. to take from some and give to others this redistribution idea this redistribution idea has been tried in other places. this is not a new idea. it's just never worked in other places. >> woodruff: president obama has criticized romney for...